At the Interface of Cognitive Science and Conceptual Analysis

David K. Henderson and Terence Horgan

Proposes 'transglobal reliability' as the key to epistemic justification

Relates philosophical discussions of conceptual analysis to recent work in cognitive science

The Epistemological Spectrum

At the Interface of Cognitive Science and Conceptual Analysis

David K. Henderson and Terence Horgan

Description

David Henderson and Terence Horgan set out a broad new approach to epistemology, which they see as a mixed discipline, having both a priori and empirical elements. They defend the roles of a priori reflection and conceptual analysis in philosophy, but their revisionary account of these philosophical methods allows them a subtle but essential empirical dimension. They espouse a dual-perspective position which they call iceberg epistemology, respecting the important differences between epistemic processes that are consciously accessible and those that are not. Reflecting on epistemic justification, they introduce the notion of transglobal reliability as the mark of the cognitive processes that are suitable for humans. Which cognitive processes these are depends on contingent facts about human cognitive capacities, and these cannot be known a priori.

The Epistemological Spectrum

At the Interface of Cognitive Science and Conceptual Analysis

David K. Henderson and Terence Horgan

Table of Contents

1. An Overview2. Grades of A Priori Justification3. Neoclassical Reliabilism4. Transglobal Reliabilism5. Defending Transglobal Reliabilism6. Epistemic Competence and the Call to Naturalize Epistemology7. An Expanded Conception of Epistemically Relevant Cognitive Processes: The Role of Morphological Content8. Iceberg Epistemology: Vindicating and Transforming Some Traditional Accounts of JustificationBibliographyIndex

The Epistemological Spectrum

At the Interface of Cognitive Science and Conceptual Analysis

David K. Henderson and Terence Horgan

Author Information

David K. Henderson is Robert R. Chambers Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and the Moral Sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He is the author of Interpretation and Explanation in the Human Sciences and a number of articles on epistemology and the philosophy of the social sciences.

Terry Horgan is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. His research interests are metaphysics, epistemology, mind, and metaethics, and he has published widely across these disciplines.